Paris, France — Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen in Europe to raise awareness about China's ongoing Human Rights violations in Tibet and said “I made a film called Leaving Fear Behind, interviewing Tibetans on the ground to air their views and grievances and for this 25-minute film, China tortured me and gave me a six-year prison sentence. China does not deserve the honour of hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics and the IOC should withdraw all athletes.”

Washington, USA — “I am designating Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Eritrea, Iran, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom,” Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement.

Washington, USA — Activists from Tibet, Hong Kong, and Uyghur held a vigil outside the White House, to call on President Biden to raise the human rights of Tibetans, Hong Kongers, and Uighurs at his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 15, 2021.

Dharamshala — His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet has expressed his condolences on the death of Dr Aaron Beck, the father of cognitive therapy whose work is considered revolutionary worldwide for the treatment of mental health - a major contribution to psychological science and psychotherapy.

Rome — "We are in the 21st century, where human beings are born free, and they have the right to think, act and express themselves freely. And in this 21st century, there is no room for authoritarianism," said Penpa Tsering, Sikyong(President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), while he speaking at a conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) on October 29, 2021.

Dharamshala, India — "We have no ability to change the past, but future is still in our hands,'' His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama said ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.